August 30th, 2015

The richest person is not the one who has the most— but the one who needs the least

PATH TO THE STILL CENTER Come join us every Thursday at 5:30pm in the Rectory. We are following the teachings of Dom John Main, OSB and Father Lawrence Freeman, OSB, Director of the World Community for Christian Meditation. The meeting includes a short taped talk, a silent meditation of 30 minutes and a time for questions or another short reading. It ends at 7:00pm. NO FEE. For further information please call Mary Orth-Pallavicini at 212-877-3111.

BEREAVEMENT SUPPORT On the 1st and 3rd Fridays of each month we have Bereavement Support Groups - General Bereavement at 5:30 p.m. and Perinatal Loss (for individuals and couples who have lost a baby through miscarriage, stillbirth or newborn death) at 6:30 p.m. Both groups meet in the Rectory. For more information, please call 212-877-3111. No registration is required. There is no fee.

VISITING FRIENDS PROGRAM Our new Visiting Friends Program is up and running with great success. Volunteers are visiting homebound people in the neighborhood, bringing the comfort of companionship and social interaction. Flyers are available in the back of the church with information on the program. If you know of someone (friend, relative or neighbor) who might benefit from and welcome a visitor, please email us at
joyj.blessed.sacrament@aol.com.–be sure to put “Visiting Friends Program” in the subject box. You can also leave the information at the Rectory.

LET’S BE PROTECTORS OF CREATION The wonders of the Earth, the beauty of our planet, the gift of natural resources and the human family’s unique role as steward of Creation are all reasons the Church is deeply concerned about the environment. How we misuse natural resources and abuse the natural environment is often a reflection of how we treat each other. Those in poverty and vulnerable communities are on the front lines of the disruptions caused by climate change, like changing weather patterns which affect crops. Pope Francis has called us to be protectors of the environment and each other.

BAPTISM PREPARATION CLASS The Baptism preparation class will take place on September 8th at 7:30pm in the rectory. And on Sunday, September 20th we will have the Sacrament of Baptism at 2:00pm.

BOOK CLUB Our next book club meets Sept. 9th from 6:30 to 8:00pm in the rectory. We’ll be reading “The Moviegoer”, winner of the 1961 National Book Award, written by Walker Percy, one of the most significant Catholic Southern writers of the 20th Century. It’s a short novel, humorous but at the same time raising important questions about the purpose of life. Do we sometimes treat life like watching a movie, instead of living it? What can we do to find happiness without being sunk in the “everydayness” of life?

COLLECTION Thank you so very much for your generous response to the needs of the parish. Our collection last Sunday was $5,903. $3,102 was received through ParishPay for a total of $9,005.

SUNDAY SCHOOL CLASSES Will begin on Sunday September 13 with the 10:00 am Family Mass in the Church. Religious instruction is held in the school after the Family Mass until 12:15.

REGISTRATION DEADLINE WAS JULY 27... SOME CLASSES ARE FILLED.. We will accept late registrations for unfilled classes until Sept. 1. YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO REGISTER YOUR CHILD FROM SEPTEMBER 2 THROUGH SEPTEMBER 13. REGISTRATION WILL REOPEN ON SEPTEMBER 14.

Re-registration forms have been mailed to current students. Forms for new students can be picked up at the parish office or found on the Sunday School website:
www.blessedsacramentsundayschool.org

SUNDAY SCHOOL VOLUNTEERS NEEDED Sunday School teachers and Assistants are needed to serve in this important Parish Ministry. Volunteers who work with children follow a screening process as required by the Archdiocese. Please call Tina Silvestro (212-877-3111) for more information.

RITE OF CHRISTIAN INITIATION OF ADULTS Thinking of becoming a Catholic: Are you Catholic but have not received Communion or Confirmation? Inquiry discussions for adults will begin on Monday, September 28 at 6:30pm. Please call Tina Silvestro at the parish office (212-877-3111) to register or seek information

FIRST FRIDAY This coming Friday, September 4th, is the First Friday of the month. We have exposition of the Blessed Sacrament after the 12:10pm Mass and adoration during the afternoon. We close with the Benediction at 5:15pm. Please come and spend some time in prayer.

DIANNE R. CARR Pianist and musician, Dianne is seeking others to join her in musically enriching the weekday 7:30am Masses at the Church of the Blessed Sacrament. Please contact Dianne at:
diannercarr@yahoo.com

PAX CHRISTI METRO NEW YORK Pax Christi Metro New York, September 11th for Peaceful Tomorrows, the Loretto Community, the Curran Center AT Fordham University, and Westchester Interfaith Connection invite you to a commemoration of September 11th, 2001 and UN International Peace Day. In honor of these important days we will be showing the film “In our Son’s Name” about the transformation that Phyllis and Orlando Rodriguez experienced after their son Greg died in the World Trade Center. This moving portrait of a positive response to violence challenges conventional concepts of healing and justice. Phyllis and Orlando will be with us to facilitate discussion.

Join us at 2 PM, Sunday, September 13th, in Casserly Hall, St. Joseph’s Greenwich Village Church, Washington Place and Sixth Avenue. Suggested donation: $5-$10, more if you have it, less if you don’t.

REGIS HIGH SCHOOL An all-scholarship Jesuit secondary school for Catholic boys, announces its Open House for 8th graders and their parents, on Wednesday, October 7th, from 5:30—8:30pm.
For more information, please write, e-mail or call:

Eric DiMichele, Director of Admissions
Regis High School
55 East 84th Street, New York, N.Y. 10028.

“War destroys. And we must cry out for peace. Peace sometimes give the idea of stillness, but it is never stillness. It is always an active peace. I think that everyone must be committed in the matter of peace, to do everything that they can, what I can do from here. Peace is the language we must speak.”Pope Francis